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depends on the plant and your objectives With nitrogen, less is more. Too much nitrogen can burn plants and grasses and garden vegetables. Too much nitrogen can cause the plant to produce less pollen or not to pollinate at all. It makes the blooms on your tomato plants bend over and fall off, producing less or no tomatoes. If you put a lot on a plant it will grow fast and then come to a complete stop. I use the analogy of giving a five pound bag to a child. They are full of energy till the sugar runs out and they curl up in a ball and go to sleep. The same thing happens with plants. They grow fast and spindley. Then they stop producing alltogether. I feed my plants on a take what you need basis. I use a low level fertilizer like composted cow manure ( .5, .5, .5) and put this around the base of the plant 1-2 inches thick about 16 inches in diameter. I cover this with mulch and everytime you water the plant, you feed it in small doses and cannot burn it. First, I would suggest you get your soil analyzed and see if you are low or high in nitrogen. If too low, try the composted manure. If too high, add calcium in the form of lime, bone meal or other calcium additives.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agogood or evil? fail. Ok plants need nitrogen to live. That's why you plant soybeans before you plant other crops because soybeans and some other plants have nitrogen fixing bacteria in roots which release these into the soil and you can then plant stuff like corn which do not.
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∙ 12y agoNitrogen is not harmful to plants. Nitrogen in fact plays a big part in a plants survival. A nitrogen-deficient plant is generally small and develops slowly because it lacks the nitrogen necessary to manufacture adequate structural and genetic materials.
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∙ 12y agoit is the main component of proteins and nucleic acids. hence for a plant to synthesise proteins and nucleic acids, N is required
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∙ 15y agothere are no harmfull effects of nitrogen hence it is in a gas form if any other compound of nitrogen is supplied in very exsess quantity then it is harmfull
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∙ 14y agoIt is bad because most animals need oxygen to live, so nitrogen will kill it faster.
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∙ 13y agoNitrogen is essential for building amino and nucleic acids.
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Where does the nitrogen from atmosphere go before it enters a plant?
The nitrogen goes into the nodules of the plant.
Where does the nitrogen from the atmosphere go before enters a plant?
The nitrogen goes into the nodules of the plant.
Nitrogen fixation is a process that changes plant and soil into nitrogen compounds?
True
What is symbiotic nitrogen fixation?
Nitrogen fixation occurs in leguminous plant that have nitrogen fixing bacteria in the root nodule. The plants utilize the nitrogen from the nitrogen fixing bacteria. The bacteria utilize plant sugars formed via photosynthesis.
What is nitrogen mineralization?
Nitrogen Mineralization is the process in which organic forms of nitrogen {proteins in dead plant material} are converted by microbes to in-organic forms of nitrogen {ammonium & nitrate}
Why is nitrogen important to plant and animals?
because the nitrogen helps the plant grow
Why do people put nitrogen in plant fertilizer?
People put nitrogen in fertilizers because nitrogen in the form of ammonium nitrogen is essential for a plant's growth.
Which part of the plant takes in nitrogen?
roots
Where does the nitrogen from atmosphere go before it enters a plant?
The nitrogen goes into the nodules of the plant.
Where does the nitrogen from the atmosphere go before enters a plant?
The nitrogen goes into the nodules of the plant.
Where does nitrogen from atmosphere go before it enters a plant?
The nitrogen goes into the nodules of the plant.
Is the clove plant a nitrogen fixer?
No, it is not a nitrogen fixer.
How does a plant that lacks nitrogen look?
Deficiency of nitrogen gives pale yellow color to the plant
What does it meant that nitrogen burns a plant?
Nitrogen plant burns are caused when to much fertilizer (or fertilizer with a high concentration of Nitrogen) is added to a plant. If the concentration of Nitrogen (or Nitrogen compounds such as ammonia) is to high it causes the soil to become highly acidic in the area where it was applied, the high acidity damages (or kills) the roots of the plant retarding or preventing the uptake of water or nutrients by the plant.
What role do consumer in the nitrogen cycle?
consumers eat the plant which has nitrogen in it and when the animal, or organism dies the nitrogen goes back to the soil and to the plant est.
'how can nitrogen in air be converted into plant nitrogen compounds'?
nitroegats
What is the main function of nitrogen for plant growth?
What is the function of nitrogen
